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# Chief Technology Officer EU

- **Company:** WhiteBIT
- **Location:** Wien, Austria
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Computing Platforms, Cloud Database, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Information Technology Operations, Key Management, PCI Data Security Standards, Systems Development Life Cycle, Software Engineering, Software Vulnerability Management, Data Logging, Cloud Platform System, Kubernetes
- **Published:** October 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.at/details/5935514995

## About the Role

* 10+ years of experience in software engineering, infrastructure, and/or cloud environments.
 * 5+ years in hands-on senior technology leadership roles (CTO, VP Engineering, Head of Engineering, IT or SRE).
 * Strong experience in at least 2 of 3 areas: digital asset/custody/KMS/MPC/HSM infrastructure; trading/FinTech infrastructure and APIs; cloud automation/AWS/Kubernetes/multi-region DR.
 * Experience working with structured control or regulatory frameworks such as ISO 27001, PCI DSS, SOC 2, DORA, or financial-services requirements.
 * Hands-on ability to review architecture, lead major incidents, challenge technical decisions, and produce audit-ready technical documentation.
 * EU citizenship or valid work authorization and willingness to travel regularly to Vienna.

## Description

* Platform Architecture & Boundary Control: Own the EU entity's technology architecture and establish clear control boundaries between Group services and local infrastructure.
 * Custody, Key Management & APIs: Oversee relevant digital asset custody, KMS, APIs, Travel Rule integrations, on-chain monitoring, and nodes.
 * ICT Operations & Asset Management: Maintain the ICT asset inventory, patching/vulnerability remediation, and appropriate technical/security logging.
 * SDLC & Release Controls: Establish secure SDLC processes, CI/CD security controls, environment separation, and deployment approval gates.
 * Incident Management & BCM/DR: Lead major technology incidents, BCP/DR testing, failover exercises, and technical root-cause analysis.
 * Team & Vendor Management: Build and lead the local Engineering/DevOps/SRE/IT Operations capability and oversee relevant technical vendors.

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